White Beach bushfire threat eases

A bushfire at White Beach on the Tasman Peninsula has eased after earlier threatening homes.

The Tasmania Fire Service issued an emergency alert about 4:00pm with the grassfire burning out of control in high temperatures and windy conditions.

Police evacuated the White Beach caravan park and residents were advised to take shelter in a refuge set up at the Nubeena school.

The fire has burnt about 11 hectares of vegetation off White Beach road.

Residents have been allowed to return to their homes as crews continue to black out the edges of the fire overnight.

Michael Netherton from the Fire Service says no properties or sheds were lost.

"There's no specific threat at this stage, we have to the best of my knowledge allowed everybody back to their properties including the caravan park and the cottages etcetera," he said.

"So there's no specific threat, while there is some fire activity that will be seen throughout the evening and obviously some smoke haze in the area."

Local authorities praised

Mr Netherton is relieved no properties were lost, and praised the actions of local authorities.

"Look I put that down to a fair bit of local intelligence early from the fire ground," he said.

"We had a local police officer and an off-duty fire officer happened to be present and they gave us some really good intelligence early on in the fire which allowed us to respond additional crews and a helicopter."

While the emergency is over, Paul Symington from the Fire Service says it is still important residents activate their bushfire survival plans and ensure they are in a safe place.

"We do have winds down there approximately 30 kilometres an hour coming from the north so they'll be pushing the fire in a south direction so we do ask that people remain very vigilant down there," said Mr Symington.

Authorities are also reporting a bushfire on the Tasman highway, south of Buckland.